AFTER an absence of two years due to the pandemic, staff and students at Flint High School were once again joined by special guests for a Remembrance Service.
The event on Friday was attended by guests, including representatives from Flint and District Lions, staff and students from Ysgol Maes Hyfryd and Ysgol Gwynedd, and Andrea Roberts, chair of governors.
Gallery: Flintshire and Wrexham gathered to remember soldiers past and present
After guests took their seats as the hymn Nearer My God to Thee played, army and sea cadets, and drummers from the Clwyd and Gwynedd Cadet Force Corps of Drums, marched into the service led by standard bearer, Joseph Burrows from Flint Army Cadets, and Louise Baker-Morris MBE, drum major.
The school choir perform as students assemble for the service.
Following a performance of Sing it Louder, Sing it Clearer, by the choir, head girl Nia Hughes and head boy, Dylan Torres, read the poem, Pabi Coch (Red Poppy).
Olivia and Poppy Francis-Owen read a poem by R Williams Parry in tribute to his friend, Hedd Wyn, the Welsh language poet who was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele in the First World War.
Evie Parker gave a stunning vocal performance of Somewhere over the Rainbow accompanied by her brother, Elliott, playing the guitar, and Ann Hughes read the Ode of Remembrance, taken from Laurence Binyon's poem, For the Fallen.
Staff and students await the start of the service.
The poignant Last Post was played on the cornet by Stephanie Jonas, a Year 12 student from Alun High School.
After the two-minute silence and the playing of the Reveille, Clare Millington, headteacher, closed the service with a short blessing and the cadets marched out of the service to the sound of the Imperial Echoes music.
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Mrs Millington said: “Our Remembrance Service is always a very poignant occasion as we pay tribute to all those brave servicemen and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice and continue to do so.
“Now that things are back to normal after the pandemic, it is wonderful to once again be able to invite guests from the community to join us for this important event.
“I would like to thank everyone for attending, and the staff, students and all those involved in producing the service for their hard work and professionalism.”
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